Hair waving device



June 21, 1932. w WLUNGER 1,864,383

HAIR WAVING DEVICE Filed June 11, 1951 I 2 Sheets-Sheet l Patented June 21, 1932 WILLIAM E. VILLINGER, OF WILLIAMSPOR T, PENNSYLVANIA HAIR WQAVING DEVICE Application filed June 11, 1931. SerialNo. 543,684.

This invention aims to provide a novel means for putting tension on human hair, in making a permanent wave, and in other operations, without causingany discomfort due 5 to pulling the hair. 7

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and to enhance the utility of devices of that type to which the invention appertains.

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as the description proceeds, the invention resides in the combination and arrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafter described and claimed, it being understood that changes in the precise embodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within the scope of what is claimed, without departing from the spirit of the invention.

In the accompanying drawings Figure 1 shows in front elevation, a device constructed in accordance with the invention;

Figure 2 is a side elevation; I

Figure 3 is a section on the line 33 of Figure 1;

Figure 4 is a section through the drum and attendant parts;

Figure 5 is a section on the Figure 4; V

Figure6 is a section on the line 66 of Figure 4;

Figure 7 is a top plan of that part of the structure which is shown in Figure 4;

Figure 8 is a fragmental elevation showing a modification;

Figure 9 in a section on the line 99 of Figure 8;

Figure 10 is an elevation showing another modification;

Figure 11 is a section on the line 11-1l of Figure 10. V

In carrying out the invention there is provided a support 1 comp-rising converging arms 2, the upper ends of which are formed into a hook 3, terminating in an eye '4. The eye 4 is located at one end of the support 1, and at the opposite end of the support there are outwardly extended spring clips 5 on the ends of the arms 2.

line 55 of The device comprises a frame, which is designated generally by the numeral 6. The frame 6 includes a shaft 7 having an enlarged bearing 8, and at the outer end of the bearing 8 there is an abutment 9, as Figure 4 will show. Outwardly of the abutment 9, the shaft 7 carries a polygonal portion 10. At the ends of the shaft 7 there are spring coils 11 connected to parallel arms 12 arranged at right angles to the shaft 7 the arms 12 being resilient. On the end of one of the arms 12 there is an inwardly ex tended bearing 14. A turning key 47 is journaled on the end of the other of the arms 12. The bearing 14 is received in a recess 15 formed-in one end of a roller 16, the construction being such that the roller 16 can turn on the bearing. The opposite end of the roller 16 is held removably on the inner end of the key 47, the construction being'such that when the key is rotated, the roller will be rotated also. The roller 16 is removably mountedon the bearing 14. The roller 16 is supplied at its ends with ratchets 17, and the roller carries a pivoted hair grip 18.

A back stop pawl 48 on one of the arms 12 engages one of the ratchets 17 The roller 16 is known to the trade. It contains a heating element (not shown), and there are sockets 19 in the ends ofthe roller 16, so. that the roller can be plugged into an electrical circuit. Since thepresent invention relates to the tensioning of the hair, and not'to the heating of the hair, no disclosure of the heating means has been supplied.

The numeral 20 marks a hollow drum, to be seen'in Figure 4. The drum 20 has an end wall 21 journaled on the shaft 7.' The opposite end of the drum 20 is journaled on the bearing 8 of the shaft 7 and engages the abutment 9. Within the drum 20 is located a torsion spring 22, having one end connected to the drum, the other end of the spring being connected to the shaft 7 The numeral .23 marks a U-shaped cord Lin lip 26 disposed adjacent to the hole 25, the lip serving to limit wearing of the cord. The member 23 has parallel arms 27 and 28 located at right angles to the body portion of the member 23. These arms 27 and 28 have some resiliency. The arm 27 carries a resilient socket 29 (Figure 6) which is shaped to fit about the polygonal portion 10 of the shaft 7. The arm 28 has a slot 30, as shown in Figure 5, and this slot forms spring fingers 31. In the inner edges of the spring fingers 31 there are oppositely disposed notches which cooperate to fashion an opening 32, which receives the shaft 7 The lower ends of the fingers 31 are inclined inwardly, as at 33 in Figure 4, and bear against the end wall 21 of the drum 20.

The numeral 34 marks a flexible element, which may be a cord. One end of the flexible element 34 is wound about the drum and is secured thereto. The flexible element 34 extends through the hole in the cord guide and cord winder 23. The flexible element 34 carries a snap hook 35, engaged detachably with the eye 4 of the support 1.

. Recourse is had to a hair holder or clamp 36, which may be of any desired construction. Hair holders and clamps are known in the hair-waving art. It may therefore be stated briefly that the hair holder 36 comprises a body 37 and a rubber covered jaw 38, one end of the aw 38 being pivoted at 39 to the corresponding end of the body 37 To the opposite end of the jaw 38 a link 40 is pivoted at 41, and the link is adapted to be received in a slot in one end of the body 37. To the link 40 is pivoted a cam lever 42, which, cooperating with the body 37, holds the jaw 38 against the body 37. On the ends of the body 37 of the hair holder 36 are U-shaped spring retaining devices 43, adapted to cooperate with the ratchets 17 on the roller 16, in a way to be described hereinafter. The clips 5 on the arms 2 of the support 1 are adapted to be engaged with the retaining devices 43, as shown in Figures 1 and 2, to hold the hair clamp 36 assembled with the support 1. If desired, the body 37 of the hair holder 36 may be provided with holes 44, adapted to receive fingers on the ends of the arm 2a, as seen in Figures 8 and 9. In those figures, parts hereinbefore described .have been designated by numerals previously used, with the suffix a. Moreover, although the member 34 is shown as a cord in Figures 1 and 2, a flexible ribbon 46, of any desired material, may be used, as shown in Figures 10 and 11. In Figures 10 and 11, parts hereinbefore described have been designated by izi nerals previously used, with the suflix In making apermanent Wave, according to known methods, a strand of hair is combed out straight and smooth, and then the strand is pulled through a soft piece of felt, called turned, and the operator keeps as much tension as possible on the hair, but as the hair is wound up, and as the roller approaches the hair holder, short hairs and loose hairs have to be combed in under the roller, so that all hairs will be wound up. In doing this combing-in, some tension is lost, and, also, it is impossibleto get enough tension in this way, because if the operator pulls on the roller enough to get the proper tension, it will be painful to the customer, since the pull is directly on the head. To make a successful permanent wave, it is absolutely necessary to wind the hair tightly on the roller, and the tension should increase as the roller approaches the hair holder. These things are impossible according to present methods, and the device forming the subject matter of this application aims to remedy the difliculty referred to.

In the operation of the device forming the subject matter of this application, the hair holder 36 is attached to the hair, close to the head. The hair is heldon the roller 16 by the hair grip 18, and a turn or two of the .hair is started on the roller at the desired distance from the head. The support 1 is engaged with the hair holder 36 by inserting the parts 43 into the clips 5 on the arms 2 ofthe support 1. The bearing 14 and the inner end of the key 47 on the arms 12 of the frame v6 are snapped into recesses in the ends of the roller 16.

The operator, facing the deviceas shown in Figure 1, begins to wind the hair on the roller 16, by means of key 47, the roller 16 moving toward the hair holder 36. As. the roller 16 is turned, and as it approaches the hair holder 36, the flexible element 34 is unwound -.from the drum 20, thereby winding up the spring 22 inside of the drum. It is clear thatas the flexible element 34 is unwound from the drum 20, and the spring 22 is thereby wound,the tension on the hair becomes greater, so that when the roller 16 reaches the hair holder 36, the hair is wound up tightly. As the roller 16 reaches the hair holder 36, the retaining devices 43 are engaged I with the ratchets 17 on the ends of the roller 16, and the roller 16, with the hair coiled on it, is held close to the hair holder 36. The support 1 is disengaged at 5 from the parts 43 of the hair holder 36, and the frame 6 is disengaged from the roller 16, the tensioning operation being then complete. If desired, after 1,sea,sss

the ratchets 17 of the roller 16 are engaged with the retaining devices 43 of the hair holder 36, the roller may be given an extra turn or two, to tighten the hair finally, but this is a matter left to the discretion of the operator.

With the snap hook 35 disengaged from the eye 4 of the support 1, the cord guide and cord Winder 23 can be swung around the shaft 7, thus putting as many turns of the cord 34 on the drum 20, as the operator may desire, preliminary to starting the tensioning operation. The cord 34 then is pulled, the snap hook 35 being engaged again with the eye, and because the drum 20 1s rotated when the cord 34 is unwound from it when the snap hook 35 is engaged again with the eye 4, the tension in the spring 22 is increased. The pawl 47 holds the tension on the hair whilst the hair is being wound on the roller 16. Although the socket 29 cooperates with the polygonal portion 10 of the shaft 7 to hold the cord guide 23 in the position shown in Figures 1 and 4, the socket 29, nevertheless, will yield enough to permit the member 23 to be swung around the shaft 7, as hereinbefore explained, for the purpose of winding several turns around the drum 20 to adjust the tension of the spring 22.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed 1. In a device for tensioning the human hair in the operation of waving, a support, a hair-holder on the support, a hair-winding roller, a frame in which the roller is journaled, a spring-actuated drum journaled on the frame, a guide rotatable about the axis of the drum, a flexible element extended through the guide and wound about the drum, and means for connecting the flexible element releasably with the support.

2. In a device for tensioning the human hair in the operation of waving, a support, a hair-holder on the support, a hair winding roller, means spaced from the support for mounting the roller for rotation in spaced relation to the support, and tensioning mechanism including a flexible element suspending said means from the support in spaced relation to the holder and the support, the tensioning mechanism being rendered active as the roller approaches the holder.

3. In a device for tensioning the human hair in the operation of waving, a support, a hair-holder on the support, a hair-winding roller, means spaced from'the support for mounting the roller for rotation in spaced relation to the support, tensioning mechanism including a flexible element suspending said means from the support in spaced relation to the support and the holder, the tensioning mechanism being rendered active as the roller approaches the holder, and mechanism mounted on said means and independent of the support for adjusting the tensioning mechanism to increase the tension thereof.

4. In a device for tensioning the human hair in the operation of waving, a support,

a hair-holder, a hair-winding roller, means spaced from the support for mounting the roller for rotation in spaced relation to the support, tensioning mechanism including a flexible element suspending said means from the support in spaced relation to the support and the holder, the tensioning mechanism being rendered active as the roller approaches the holder, and interengaging elements on the roller and on the holder for holding the roller and the holder together, the said interengaging elements of the holder being detachably engaged with the support to retain the hairholder on the support.

5. In a device for tensioning the human hair in the operation of waving, a support, a hair-holder on the support, a frame spaced from the support, a hair-winding roller journaled on the frame and having a ratchet wheel, a pawl on the frame and engaging the ratchet wheel to hold the roller against retrograde rotation, a spring-actuated drum journaled on the frame, a flexible element wound about the drum and suspending the frame from the support in spaced relation to the holder and the support, and means on the hair-holder for engaging the ratchet wheel, when the pawl is disengaged therefrom, thereby to hold the roller and the hair-holder detachably together. 1

In testimony that I claim the foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixed my signature.

WILLIAM E. VILLINGER. 

